Finished Vision Screening Reports

Riverside, Ca

On Saturday, August 11th, 2012: Friends in Sight did a vision screening with the Lions of the Riverside area. We departed our Hemet staging area at 6:30am and Yucaipa at 7:00am. By 7:30am we had arrived and began to set up for the day.

The screening began at 8:30am and the last patient of the day was leaving with their recycled eyeglasses at 2:00pm. Listed below is a synopsis of the day's vision screening findings:

186 patients were seen for the day.

Of the 186, 6 needed no prescription, 4 need to be made at the optical lab and 176 received recycled eyeglasses.

1 patient needs a workup for questionable optic atrophy.

1 patient needs cataract surgery on at least one eye.

1 patient needs a workup for flashes and floaters.

4 patients need assessment/treatment for glaucoma.

1 patient needs a contact lens fitting for aphakia.

By 2:30pm the equipment and eyeglass racks were repacked. We said our goodbyes and departed for our staging areas. At 3:10pm we arrived in Yucaipa and 3:40pm in Hemet.

It was a nice day for seeing new volunteers and many returning volunteers. Listed below are those that participated directly in the screening.